Blu-Ray Media Center Available From Cannon PC

    /24-7PressRelease/ - SPRING, TX, January 26, 2007 - "Customers are very anxious for HD movie content. With Blu-Ray drives available now and HD DVD drives becoming available very soon, we wanted to incorporate this technology into our media centers for our customers to give them more of a choice in hi def content play back ability." said Mr. Cannon.

"This is the amazing benefit of a PC based Media Server solution. When new technology is available you can incorporate it into your existing product. Customers don't have to throw away their complete system just to take advantage of technology improvements." said Mr. Cannon "In the past when a new video or audio technology came to market it meant that your current equipment was probably obsolete and there was no way to upgrade it. With Media Center PC that is no longer the case."

"Currently Blu-Ray and HD DVD are not directly supported within the Windows OS. You are required to have a third party application to play HD DVD or Blu-Ray movies. We use CyberLink's PowerDVD for HD DVD and Blu-Ray software player to accomplish this task. We have added a button to the Media Center interface that makes it easy for the customer to launch the application and play their Blu-Ray movie easily from within the Media Center interface. Because this new video technology requires HDCP compliant devices, all Cannon PC Media Centers use video cards that are HDCP compliant to ensure unrestricted playback and compatibility for the future." said Cannon. As for plans to offer HD DVD, Mr. Cannon said "We have plans to release Media Centers with HD DVD in the very near future."

If you are looking for other great Media Center PCs and technology you will find it at Cannon PC. The typical configuration contains an Intel 975XBX2 motherboard, Intel Core 2 processor, Seagate SATA II NCQ hard drives (configurable in RAID 0, 1, 5, 1+0), 1 to 2 GB high speed RAM (expandable to 8 GB), NVIDIA 7600 series GeForce HDCP video card, 8 channel high definition digital audio, 12-in-1 media card reader, 1 HDTV tuner, 2 NVIDIA Dual TV tuners, gigabit Ethernet, 8 USB ports, 2 Fire Wire ports, wireless mouse and wireless keyboard. Because each system is completely customizable online, the customer can choose to add more memory, hard drives, or increase the size of the processor for more power and storage.

All Cannon Media Center PCs are designed to be very cool and quiet by utilizing high volume very low noise fans and strategically position vents on the case to ensure proper airflow. The LX, EX and RX series Media Centers are rack mountable and will fit nicely into a standard A/V or network rack. Each system is available in your choice of silver or black.

Cannon PCs line of Media Centers is completely customizable and is available in AMD and Intel platforms. To learn more Cannon PC Media Centers and Media Center accessories or to become an authorized dealer, visit them online at http://www.cannonpc.com.

For information contact:
[email protected]
877-888-4781

Cannon PC, LP is a Windows Media Center PC computer company. For more information, contact us at (832) 364-6608

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